March 30, 2024 - Cretaceous - Prentiss County, Mississippi
It was a gorgeous day to go creek hunting in Mississippi with BPS! We were the first ones there and had the park to ourselves up till around 3ish.
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Monthly Meeting - April 1, 2024
Our speaker for April is Chase Egli, a Geology grad student currently working on his masters. The program title is: "Updates on Chondrycthian Research in North Alabama".
This meeting is free and open to the public.
Business meeting starts at 7pm, program will begin around 7:30.
Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, AL 35216, Downstairs, Fitzgerald Meeting Room.
Date:
Monday, April 1, 2024 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm
BPS Regular Meeting TUESDAY
Please note - the March meeting will be on TUESDAY March 5, due to library room reservation conflicts on Monday.
Our speaker will be Dr. Fred Andrus - “Behavior insights from Alabama ammonite aptychi geochemistry”.
Please watch your email for more details.
Date:
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm
http vs https What's the difference
BPS is now using https:// in our URL instead of http://. This will make the site more secure, and all passwords will be encrypted. In the past, a number of educational organizations (and a few others) could not access the website due to receiving a "Your Connection is Not Secure" message, which would make anyone be very skeptical of continuing on to the site. If you hear of any issues regarding the new https version of the BPS site, please use the Contact form to let the Admin know.
January 22, 2024 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson County, Alabama
(report to come later)
A Walk Through Deep Time by Dr. Deutsch, Mon Feb 26
The Birmingham Historical Society will be having their annual Meeting on February 26, 2024 at the Botanical Gardens Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. Their keynote speaker is Dr. Deutsch, who wrote the book Ancient Life in Alabama - The Fossils, The Finders & Why It Matters. This talk is titled "A Walk Through Deep Time".
Several members of BPS are mentioned in the book, including our founder, James Lamb, Chase Egli, and Ricky Mims.
The book will be available for sale and for autographs after the meeting.
Date:
Monday, February 26, 2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Fossil Road Show, MMNS, Jackson, MS
Dr. George Phillips will again host the annual Fossil Road Show at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Fossil groups from all over the south attend this event, and show off their fossils. BPS will have an exhibit table at the road show this year, as will one of our members, Chase Eglin. It's a long trip, but worth the drive.
Date:
Saturday, March 2, 2024 - 10:00am to 3:00pm